September 5, 2010

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Ertai’s Lament’s Massive Anniversary Giveaway!

by Dredd77

Three months ago, we began Ertai’s Lament with little more than passion and drive. Realising that the preconstructed community in Magic was sorely underrepresented in our culture, we felt that there would be a place for a site that specialised in reviewing and discussing Intro Packs, Duel Decks, and any other deck-off-the-shelf product Wizards saw fit to throw at us.

And if page views are any indicator to go by, it seems we were right! At first with a few visits every few days it was a labour of love, but flash forward three months and the site is getting hundreds of visits a day. We’re proud of this accomplishment, and enjoy giving something back to everyone who’s helped keep us going by their shared interest in precons. (We’re also quite proud that we haven’t yet missed a single deadline of one article every 48 hours… knock on wood)

Therefore, with the generous help of our friends at Moonlight Comics in Frankfort, KY we’re thrilled to announce the Ertai’s Lament Anniversary Giveaway! The rules are simple.

The Rules

1. There are a total of three Prize Packages available (contents below), and therefore three winners. The same person can only win one Prize Package

2. It will be a lottery format. Basically, you get your name in the hat for each of the following:

* If you are an existing follower of ours on Twitter, you’re automatically entered for two entries. Thanks for all the support these past three months!

* If you’re not a current follower, and you follow us on Twitter, you’re automatically entered for one entry

* For each comment you leave on one of our articles, you’ll be automatically entered for one entry. Comments can’t be simple ones like “Great post, kthnxbai” but actually have to be reasonable (we’ll be the final judge, but as it’s all in fun we’re fairly liberal on what is ‘resonable’- if your comment shows you read it, you’ll be fine)

* If you retweet one of the contest announcements on Twitter, you’re automatically entered for one entry

3. Contest ends on Sunday, 19 September (two weeks from today). Winners will be notified within a day.

4. At the end of the contest, we’ll pull three names from the hat. First person picked gets first choice, second person gets second choice, and the last name drawn gets the Prize Package remaining

Got it! Now, what can I win?

Now comes the fun part- those Prize Packages!

The Duel Deck Package

The Duel Deck Package contains 1 new sealed copy of Duel Decks: Elspeth vs Tezzeret, as well as the following foil promotional cards:

Ant Queen (M10 Release)

Dimir Guildmage (Ravnica Release)

Ghost-Lit Raider (Saviors of Kamigawa Release)

Joraga Warcaller (Worldwake Release)

Knight of New Alara (Alara Reborn Release)

Kor Duelist (WPN Foil)

Rampaging Baloths (Zendikar Prerelease)

Storm Entity (Future Sight Release)

Sudden Shock x2 (Time Spiral Release)

Syphon Mind x2 (Multiplayer Foil Promo)

Woolly Thoctar (WPN Foil)

The Euro Lands Package

A few years ago, Wizards released a promotional series of basic Lands with actual European scenery on them (the location is in small print at the bottom of the card, the top one in the pack above is Schwartzwald, Germany). Hard to find and highly sought after, the unopened pack above contains five of the rare Euro Lands, and goes for about $25 on eBay when we checked. A great find for the collector who likes to pack their EDH or play deck with all sorts of Magic’s hidden gems, the Euro Land Package also includes the following promo cards:

Comet Storm (Worldwake Prerelease)

Genju of the Spires (Arena Foil)

Gruul Guildmage (Guildpact Release)

Kor Duelist x2 (WPN Foil)

Leatherback Baloth (WPN Foil)

Malfegor (Conflux Prerelease)

Pathrazer of Ulamog (WPN Foil)

Sprouting Thrinax (WPN Foil)

Sudden Shock (Time Spiral Release)

Syphon Mind x2 (Multiplayer Foil Promo)

Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle (Zendikar Release)

The Playmat Package

One thing we really enjoy about the site is that we have many readers who still like to play competitively in Standard, which makes for great cross-pollination. The last package features a brand spankin’ new playmat (with the sinister and evocative Infest artwork), a new UltraPro deck box, and a selection of foil promos a bit more geared towards Type II play:

Ancient Hellkite (M11 Release)

Celestial Colonnade (Worldwake Buy-A-Box Promo)

Earwig Squad (Morningtide Release)

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn (Rise of the Eldrazi Prerelease)

Guul Draz Assassin (Rise of the Eldrazi Buy-A-Box Promo)

Kor Duelist (WPN Foil)

Lord of Shatterskull Pass (Rise of the Eldrazi Release)

Obelisk of Alara (Conflux Release)

Pathrazer of Ulamog (WPN Foil)

Sudden Shock (Time Spiral Release)

Sun Titan (M11 Prerelease)

So What Are You Waiting For?

Head over to Twitter and follow @ErtaisLament, retweet the contest announcement, or start browsing the articles to leave some selected comments!

Special Thanks

Special thanks go out to Dave at Moonlight Comics in Frankfort, KY for providing so much for this giveaway. It’s our local shop and while it has no online presence, if you happen to find yourself in the neighbourhood, stop in and say hello. They have a great FNM environment as well!

I love the prizes, the promos really do make it more worth it, tho i think the promos on the middle prize pack are a little weak compared to the other 2. other then that i think that having more then one prize is a good idea, and i hope i get picked first because i really want Elspeth vs. Tezzeret. the joys of starting a new life really prevent me for wanting to go pick it up just yet. but i really should go do it before too long assuming i do not win it here.

Although minor by comparison, we’ll be giving away a Scars of Mirrodin theme deck or two once that set releases as well! Our aim is to get more precon decks out amongst the players with every set release, so keep your eyes peeled in just a few weeks.